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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Raj K Samuel, Hammond, IN (US);
Ronald J Kozlowski, Hammond, IN (US);
Frank J Pustek, Munster, IN (US);
Assignee:
American Maize-Products Company, Hammond, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C13L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
127 33 ; 127 39 ; 127 70 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process and the product resulting from pretreating corn starch with calcium or sodium hypochlorite in a controlled manner wherein the starch in aqueous slurry at about 90.degree. to about 115.degree. F. is contacted with from about 0.1 to 6.0% chlorine based on the weight of starch to tenderize the starch which is thereafter filtered, washed, dried and dextrinized in conventional manner to produce dextrins having excellent clarity, luster and stability in aqueous solutions containing at least 30% by weight of solids.